Bible: Jeremiah 16:10-13

The Lord Promises Exile (But Also Restoration)

16:10 “Whenyou tellthesepeopleabout allthis,1they will undoubtedly askyou, ‘Whyhas the Lordthreatenedus withsuchgreatdisaster? Whatwronghave we done? Whatsinhave we done to offendthe Lordour God?’16:11Then tellthemthatthe Lordsays,2 ‘It is because your ancestors3rejectedmeand paid allegianceto4 othergods. They have servedthem and worshipedthem. But they have rejectedme and notobeyedmy law.516:12And youhave actedeven more wickedlythan your ancestors! Eachone of you has followedthe stubborn inclinationsof your own wickedheartand notobeyedme.616:13So I will throwyou out of thislandinto a landthatneitheryounor your ancestorshave ever known. Thereyou must worshipothergodsdayand night, for I will show you nomercy.’”